{"id":7635,"date":"2023-09-27T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2023-09-27T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:08:42","slug":"tired-of-being-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2023\/09\/27\/tired-of-being-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired of Being Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Fr. Ed Liptak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This 26th<\/sup> Sunday \u2019A\u2019 our Church strives again to bring us face to face with the generosity and mercy of God. Last weekend it was those who worked a single hour getting the same reward as those who labored a full day. That is, each laborer made it into the Kingdom of Heaven. To many, that may not have seemed fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend we are confronted by a similar situation. Ezekiel speaking for God said, \u201cYou say the LORD\u2019S way is not fair<\/em>!\u201d Through the prophet God insisted that He was fair, that if virtuous persons turned away from virtue to commit iniquity, they did lose their worthiness and would die in sin. To which our Church says, \u201cThe word of the Lord.\u201d <\/em>And we ought to say, <\/em>\u201cSo be it!\u201d It is not wise to argue with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Psalm offers another reason, reminding us to wish that same mercy upon ourselves if ever from sin we turn back to God: \u201cIn your kindness <\/em>remember me<\/em> because of your goodness, O LORD.\u201d<\/em>  God is always fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gospel parable centers about \u2018Yes-Sayers\u2019 <\/em>to God, <\/em>as we would hope to be, but also, on those who live in sin, \u2018NO-Sayers\u2019 <\/em>before God. Perhaps <\/em>we, <\/em>who had been seeking to obey Him, <\/em>despite God\u2019s warning us to do what was right, chose mortal sin instead. Were we still pleasing to God, worthy of the Kingdom? Even enemies of Jesus had to admit that the sinful one who turned his N<\/em>O to YES,<\/em> no matter when, was the one pleasing to God. He did God\u2019s Will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus fearlessly told \u2018the chief priests and the elders of the peopl<\/em>e\u2019 that great sinners, including \u2018No-Sayers\u2019<\/em> who turned to him as did \u2018tax collectors and prostitutes,\u2019<\/em> believed in him and his message of repentance, and left off their evil ways, \u201c[They] are entering the kingdom of God before you.\u201d <\/em>The priests and the elders refused to believe in him or the message of John the Baptist (and Jesus\u2019 own) to repent and be saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Jesus, again our Church begs us, \u201cRepent! Believe in the Gospel! Be saved!\u201d<\/em> Never grow tired of living righteously and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fr. Ed Liptak This 26th Sunday \u2019A\u2019 our Church strives again to bring us face to face with the generosity and mercy of God. Last weekend it was those who worked a single hour getting the same reward as those who labored a full day. That is, each laborer made it into the Kingdom of Heaven. To many, that may not have seemed fair. … Continuar leyendo Tired of Being Good?<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":6060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20310044],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-7635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-news","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/intouch-2023-1.png?fit=904%2C1104&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-1Z9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7635"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7638,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions\/7638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}